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Failure of Intelligence - The Decline and Fall of the CIA (Hardcover) Loot Price: R820
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Failure of Intelligence - The Decline and Fall of the CIA (Hardcover): Melvin A. Goodman

Failure of Intelligence - The Decline and Fall of the CIA (Hardcover)

Melvin A. Goodman

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The time for serious soul-searching regarding the role of the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence community in general is long overdue. The recent intelligence failures regarding the unanticipated collapse of the Soviet Union, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the run-up to the Iraq war demonstrate a CIA and a $50 billion intelligence enterprise that cannot provide strategic warning to policymakers and, even worse, is capable of falsifying intelligence to suit political purposes. It will not be possible to reform the enterprise until we understand and debate the nexus between intelligence and policy, the important role of intelligence, and the need for an intelligence agency that is not beholden to political interests. The recent appointment of three general officers to the three most important positions in the intelligence community points to the militarization of overall national security policy, which must be reversed. The military domination of the intelligence cycle makes it more difficult to rebuild strategic intelligence and to provide a check on the Pentagon's influence over foreign policy and the use of force. Failure of Intelligence is designed to inform such a debate and suggest a reform agenda. In this timely and important book, the author offers a provocative mingling of historical description with contemporary political analysis and reform prescription that challenges the conventional wisdom on clandestine collection. The book ultimately and persuasively asserts that the failure to have diplomatic relations has led to the inability to collect intelligence.

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Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2008
First published: 2008
Authors: Melvin A. Goodman
Dimensions: 237 x 164 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-5110-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Espionage & secret services
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
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LSN: 0-7425-5110-5
Barcode: 9780742551107

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